Anime: Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Hen 4n738

For fans of the original series, this sequel adds a much-needed continuation of Sakura's story. It's modernized, but tries very hard to keep with many of the thematic approaches of the original series. Sometimes the adaptation feels rather seamless, sometimes it feels rather flat, but overall, I'd say it's at least a "nice effort" of bridging the old with the new. The weakest point, really, is in the plot itself. There are plenty of times when I felt like there was a competition of redundancy between this arc and Eriol's arc. Almost as if the two arcs were intended to achieve the same goal. For someone who really wants to see Sakura's story continue, this strange sense of "pedaling in place" is just a little bit disheartening. And the cliffhanger non-ending doesn't help, either.